Celebrity chef Mario Batali, whose career crumbled amid several sexual misconduct accusations, pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017.

The operatic version of Margaret Lockwood's visionary 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale" was brilliantly brought to life by the Boston Lyric Opera in a production that took place in Harvard University basketball arena.